Labyrinthian (Guitar Playthrough by Buster Odeholm)

HLB uses midi-controlled Digitech Whammy pedals live to be able to perform these songs due to the tuning changing constantly.
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BASIC TUNING: E B E A Ab A
STRING GAUGE: 075, 059, 046, 030w, 014, 013
PICK: 0.6 gauge Dunlop bass picks
Buster, being left-handed, learned to play on a right-handed guitar. Wanting to fret with his right hand and pick with the left (like lefties do), flipping the guitar over was the only option at the time, and the playing style stuck.
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[@HLBofficial]

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[@FasikKun]

Thanks man!

[@caixiuying8901]

Perfect timing Almost finished building my Ikea Shark Telåhajster baritone lol Thanks Buster!

[@caixiuying8901]

HLB makes me Buster nut

[@sirbonple]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@caixiuying8901 thållhaj

[@yurivelichko2557]

Thanks bro🤘 Awesome work, as always

[@alejandroalhazred844]

As a left-handed guitarist I identify with your way of playing, I learned the same way, with the strings inverted

[@carazy123_]

“I need them to understand” how you got that nasty guitar tone

[@conarius13]

You can fine some video from URM Academy where he shows how he does the tone. He mainly uses Line6 Pod Farm as the main digital amp, FabFilter Pro-Q 3, boosting the low frequiencies before the amp, a stereo imager plugin and even more EQing and compressing, I think there even was multi-band compressing involved. He also shows his pitch shifting technique in the studio.

[@IMNOTZILL]

@@conarius13 no shot he uses pod farm, that tone is nasty as fuck

[@conarius13]

@@IMNOTZILL Yeah, he uses Pod Farm for this tone. And a bit more. EQ to cut off some high frequencies of the DI signal, then JST Transify to max out the attack on mid frequencies and then Pod Farm (Noise Gate, Boost + EQ, Line6 Big Bottom Amp) then the GGD Cali Cabs. And the rest is a lot of FabFilter Pro Q3 and Pro MB, Distressor and probably more

[@neilpatrickhairless]

The "probably more" is Saturn2, usually on Warm Tape for guitar parts, Buster uses Saturn2, Slate VMR and Slate VTM on pretty much everything also. He actually runs the signal out to outboard gear (some SSL thing IIRC) which he says he only does because he paid for it and wants to use it. I think he captured the EQ settings from the outboard gear and applied it to the Pro-Q instances in his mix for HLB. I can't remember every specific but I did check out the Nail the Mix video for this and there's a shit ton of processing on everything. I remember that Buster experimented a lot with busses for the drums on this stuff also, and left a lot of the experimental stuff in the project files but unused in the actual final mix itself.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

He definitely uses Pro-MB on the guitars very heavily, and that's actually doing the majority of the heavy lifting as far as the mixing itself goes. The other stuff he does with the Slate plugins and Saturn2 is pretty much what he does on everything he mixes for the most part. Basically the Neve style EQ and whatever the red compressor is called in VMR set to slow attack, fast release. He actually doesn't mix any of the compressors in at 100%, he usually hovers between 25% and 40% mix on all the compressors except for the Bomber compressor on the instrument buss. Most of the additive EQ and shit is coming directly from the Saturn2 -- usually one before the VMR plugin and one after. He doesn't really rely on compression much in general compared to most other metal producers

[@vichaon]

Buster you're a genius. Your creations are unmistakable. Landmark in modern metal. Wtf lays in Swedish waters... Sometimes I wonder.

[@9ubagurbi6]

Centuries of paganism and black magic till today

[@vichaon]

@@9ubagurbi6 something along those lines 🤣👍🏻

[@SuperLockguy]

Dark fjords

[@DannysGarage]

Having a society that's largely free of religion, has free healthcare/education, and has affordable housing, that helps a lot too.

[@SuperLockguy]

@@DannysGarage hahaha what? That makes no fucking sense whatsoever with how someone's music sounds. Feel free to go over there and pay almost half your income in taxes too by the way. You people that think the United States isn't a great place to live should really do some fucking research on other places instead of listening to idiots or the mainstream media that wants you to hate the United States or some shit

[@silverprismband]

this man deserves several massive awards

[@souchicwav]

Grammy for Buster when?

[@T0XICMASCULINITY]

Somehow this is still a vast understatement.

[@suatyueruer2533]

thall

[@alexramon4286]

​@@suatyueruer2533 THĂLL

[@samshygiene3202]

Agreed. Acknowledge your fate, music.

[@grayire]

That tone is insane

[@CrzyWzrd4L]

So glad to hear PODFarm making a return

[@Droidiak]

You're kidding me he's using podfarm? I haven't used that in years. I miss the ol cali diamond plate.

[@lukasgraesslin]

@@CrzyWzrd4L I thought nowadays he's using NeuralDSP stuff (amongst others probably)? At least in the Nail the Mix session for HLB he was using the NeuralDSP Fortin Nameless Suite.

[@joshuabeckwith7906]

​@@Droidiak It's true. He's using the L6 Big Bottom Model like Calle and Dan use in Vildhjarta. I still use Pod Farm and Pod X3 Live myself. If you use your own IRs and Power Amp simulation you can definitely get the best out of the amp models.

[@dilbophagginz]

@@Droidiak Pod Farm is still viable when using custom IRs

[@billywilliams315]

Buster changed metal forever. Love everything this guy does

[@AshtonFitness]

A playthrough with live guitar audio - that's rare these days! Loved it! Can't wait for the new album

[@smokejc]

I don't think it's rare at all

[@CrzyWzrd4L]

Just as rare as bands using live guitar audio during shows lol

[@aastralplane]

it is indeed rare, you guys probably are clueless and think that most mimed playthroughs are live.

[@wingsoficarus1139]

@@aastralplane Its easier to make a cover sound good (especially for difficult songs) when bringing it into the DAW and miming the same parts you RECORDED for the video. However, I'd say this is actually more rare than people recording live similarly to how Nik Nocturnal does it where he records in DAW while having his camera on.

[@douglasmurdoch7247]

Just out of curiosity, what makes you think this is live guitar audio?

[@MOMetalProductions]

Imagine having that bouncy riff as your alarm in the morning. You would f*cking SLAY that day

[@jocab564]

That is one of the most vile tunings ive ever heard, fucking fantastic

[@corey1845]

5 months ago i was wondering why Buster plays how he plays. Now i watched Olas Interview with him. Highly recommend it to anyone whos interested in busters music

[@daviorhlynsson7962]

Buster for world president

[@nikoraasu6929]

imagine the world's anthem this guy would produce

[@dudeimtellingthetruth]

when he said tudunn WAKA KAKA tudunn WAKA KA KAKA i felt that

[@jlae111]

That tone is so fucking sick. Feels like digging through filth with your bare hands. After reading the lyrics, I see how intentional and thought-out it was. You are a master craftsman sir.

[@ThugNerd]

David Draiman loves that wakakaka riff at 0:37

[@lavanderice]

this comment is criminally underappreciated

[@solidground2024]

Buster your audio has improved so much in the last 5 years!

[@sahamal_savu]

I went and listened to the first couple releases from HLB recently and also noticed how much he's progressed as a musician in general aside from his obviously improved skills as a mix/master engineer.

[@FormaAlert]

@@sahamal_savu Really picked up when the Earthless guitar playthrough released, that was the first moment I heard it and went "holy shit he's somehow getting better" and it's only been up since then. Really crazy to see it

[@lucasunruh6124]

I challenge people criticizing profound detuning to keep their jaws off the floor when hearing it in the hands of a true artist 🤘🔥

[@sahamal_savu]

I have yet to hear one good argument from those that like to shit on down tuning. It's almost always the same canned answers like "sounds like a wet fart." When they're honest and just admit they're close-minded and can't be bothered to learn anything new beyond what they've been playing for the last 10+ years...then I can at least understand.

[@XueYlva]

@@sahamal_savudon't even get me started on "why not just use a bass" comments from people who have clearly never tried using a bass to replace a baritone

[@trek8388]

This is a very advanced level of creativity and composition. Buster has always been the type to surprise the THALL community and can always prove that it's vaaast sub-genre. T H A L L

[@thisguy2973]

He also invented Thall, so that helps

[@mk-ew9il]

​@@thisguy2973thall was invented by vildhjarta's Daniel Bergström

[@Antonius1102]

That breakdown is straight madness

[@pixelhotdish]

Man, this song punches hard. I absolutely love it. I cant wait to hear more!

[@HVTFIELDOFFICIAL]

How the hell are you making that sound in the breakdown? 1:02 it almost sounds like a pitch shifted pinch harmonic.

[@Gomcio]

Its possible to achive it by using DG Tech Whammy DT, or any pitch shifter. His guitar is tuned to low E, and in this part he go down 6 semitones to Low A#. Using that much of Drop pedal changes sound a bit, especially if you are playing chords and harmonics.

[@HVTFIELDOFFICIAL]

@@Gomcio I appreciate it but I know lol I'm talking about the high note itself or whatever technique he used to produce. I'm just not sure what type of harmonic it is.

[@SolipsisStudios]

@@HVTFIELDOFFICIAL Seems like a false harmonic over the 2nd fret with some pitch shifting.

[@Gomcio]

Try to move you finger more towards 3rd fret and use pedal to shift it octave or 2 up.

[@timmystoner7219]

Totally underrated guitarist for sure my fave of any so called extreme metal death core thall whatever it's all just extreme metal to me and I love it all

[@StiofaininIreland8168]

I seriously can't wait for more Buster your amazing pure genius where do you get time to sleep lol 🤣😆😆🤣 Come to Ireland PLEASE Steph 🇮🇪 Ireland

[@singaporeghostclub]

0:53 best part is this transition

[@user-yark0music]

2:05 omg men. its crazy riff, historical thing

[@WesleyKhalil]

Elastic. Fells like i´m turning spaghetti being dragged into a black hole. So fucking cool.

[@ir4kk]

OUUUWOUUWOUWWOUWWW is the best noise yet out of a guitar

[@lolxdim]

My ears in paradise! Love HLB so much

[@paulzexe]

0:59 The hardest stuff for me

[@angelolopez5870]

Bro is playing the guitar upside down. It took me so long to realize this but holy shit

[@mattbennett9254]

That Fractalize, Atlanticore vibe is next level!! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@leightaft7763]

Wow haven’t heard atlanticore in a long time man!!! Thanks for the reminder

[@mattbennett9254]

@@leightaft7763 you're welcome, mate.

[@AndrewKlinger]

Dude Prototypus is goated

[@mattbennett9254]

@@AndrewKlinger you know it, mate!

[@angryktulhu]

Give me more names! I adore fractalize

[@dirkhochstatter6984]

Insane. Up-side down. I first didn‘t get it. This guitar style is epic. I am thralled. Unbelievable.

[@dilbophagginz]

Thralled? More like THALLED

[@moonshelter3448]

You're making an art, Buster. You're the music itself. That's memorable, that's respectable, that's bursting me into awe. HLB is a stellar beauty of abyssal heaviness. Thank you and guys for changing ma life for better.

[@krisumusic]

It's so weird to think, I'm a metalhead who makes Chillstep/Dubstep since 2011. In 2014 I was in University of Skövde in the final third grade of Sound Design for Games. Buster started first year and I reached out saying I loved his music (Vildhjärta). He said he was mixing bands all the time (keep in mind this is like 10 years ago). Sadly, we never met or hung out. Happy to see all the success for obviously insane amounts of hard work and pushing limits. Big respect! I would like to believe I did the same for Chillstep back in 2013-2015 with my albums as it is my job to write music now. But I will always support and cheer for pioneers of anything. Dreaming is not easy. You NEED vision. Been listening to the new HLB album in the gym this week!

[@daysonduncan6100]

WE ACTUALLY GOT OFFICIAL TABS, HOLY... THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH AHHHHHH :D

[@sahamal_savu]

I was excited too until I finally looked up the price for a DigiTech Whammy DT Pedal 😆

[@irusu.]

damn, now this album brought me back

[@WeAreTheUniverse78]

That sound is huge 🎧🎸

[@mattanimation]

an honor to see the master chef cook

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

New album is a nice surprise. Looking forward to it. "Labyrinthian" sounds good.

[@Deitheig]

I love that your tones soind so distorted and dissonant yet the clarity is still beaming through! Chefs kiss 👌

[@MegaLaban12345]

Perfect playthrough Video. It is so awesome to hear a bit more of the guitar, and the actual performance. As opposed to it just sounding like playback.

[@doriangrey4392]

I've been playing guitar for 20 years. My eyes see a guitar in this video... then my brain stops working while trying to comprehend.

[@nondualdynamics2098]

Born straight from the womb of hell itself. Stort fan av allt du gör. Skål!!!

[@StianNordliJohannesen]

You done good, Sverige. Bra jobba🤘🇸🇪 Mvh - 🇳🇴

[@Eden_Maker]

I honestly believe you are the greatest metal musician in today's world.

[@alecbaltus6843]

So excited for a full album of this

[@theders8590]

I'm amazed you wrote those sick riffs and just playing in general while being left handed and choosing to play with the upside down strings. I'm left handed as well but I play with the strings accommodated for me.

[@silencedmaxim5889]

He didn't choose to play upside down. His older brother (right handed) had the only guitar of the family, so he had to learn how to play it upside down.

[@sahamal_savu]

I found it so interesting when I heard that Buster plays a right handed guitar being left handed. I do many things left handed because I learned to do it that way as a child/young man, just like Buster did with guitar. I hold a fork and knife left handed, I swing a bat/club left handed, and when I first picked up my Dad's guitar I held it the way Buster plays (right handed guitar played left handed) but he immediately told me it was wrong so I flipped it around and learned as a right handed guitarist. I wonder if he hadn't told me that if I would've learned the way Buster did. Fascinating how our brains work and how we learn to do certain tasks, and how that wiring becomes a permanent preference over time.

[@theders8590]

@@sahamal_savu I kinda wish that I learned left handed mainly since I can't play many guitars. My left hand is used for writing and most technical fine movements but my right arm is stronger for everything else. I don't use left handed mouses for computers so yeah it's odd how the brain works. I kinda hate it lol.

[@6gnarkill6]

Musical genius. HLB all time favorite band

[@ferdinandjulius6952]

Not even they so different in genre, the playing style in reverse is so mindblowing, i never see a person playing in reverse in every aspect of guitar 😮 (Left Hand, Reverse String Playing too) so unique in all aspect. KUDOS 🤘

[@trestabernae7250]

2'05" riff of the century 🤘🤘🤘

[@aftertheendtimes]

This is awesome playing,..very special and nice, with that heavy chug =) love cheers

[@educostanzo]

It's looks so hard to play with the strings upside down and yet it sounds so good. And this is the riff of the year for me 2:05

[@Froahk]

Maybe he wanted to play guitar left-handed but didn’t know there where special models for that yet and just learned it upside down when he was young. That would be my guess

[@inhertombbythesoundingsea]

@@Froahk It's just that he learned on his brother's guitar, but his brother is right-handed and Buster's left-handed. So he learned with a guitar turned upside down.

[@lucasunruh6124]

Dang yeah that riff is the definition of swagger 🤘🔥

[@Scrubermensch]

We've come a long way since Pantera's Domination. The definitions of "heavy" definitely were updated with this

[@7star7storm7]

What a jam 😤🔥🔥🤘

[@paulendymion9096]

As a left-handed guitar player I cried at every playthrough of yours.

[@blacknoise.productions]

The eye bolt for the guitar strap 👌

[@justinlonghofer]

Eddie Van Halen

[@stefanmccabe4705]

My favorite of the new stuff🤘

[@williewhiskeywonkah5672]

one of the best hlb songs imo, a nail the mix of this would be sick

[@williewhiskeywonkah5672]

Thanks for the nail the mix^^

[@TheAcroninja]

I saw you guys at Radar festival last year, safe to say i had no neck left after that set, love this band for years, keep up the THALL

[@aarondanforth2232]

This Deserves An Award ! Sounds Great!

[@adamfowler350]

That is the coolest pc keyboard ive ever seen

[@samshygiene3202]

Loving your progression as a musician. It's very satisfying just hearing these results. I can't imagine your satisfaction, or are you never satisfied and that's whh we're so lucky? Regardless you're moving music forward

[@Ayyydrianne]

This is too much vril for merely one man to possess. Buster is the ultimate inspiration. Vildhjarta, HLB, and producing for amazing bands like Greyscale Season.

[@Franq85]

2:05 groove! 😀

[@fruitsalaax]

Sick bro

[@Metabulation]

Buster is doing some nasty bendy boys on the E string. Love it!

[@adammassacre4715]

Those Hapas guitars are fkn nice! \m/

[@VEGABRICCS]

Buster your a Billy G.O.A.T

[@rickbegley3429]

I forget that Buster plays Jimmi Hendrix style. It's mesmerizing. Having your bottom end on the actual bottom of the fretboard is wild lol

[@PhilHarden-h6k]

Dude completely changed the game. Favorite musician ever.

[@JUNK_ZONE]

Don't forget to invert how you're picking the chords, guys. He's hitting higher strings first and the lowest last. It really makes a difference.

[@xdgarbanzo6455]

thank you

[@omarjimenezmontalvo2454]

Your way of executing is a great proposal . 👌🏽

[@Ua-zr1og]

It’s funny, I notice Buster often checks that his volume is fully rolled up which is also a compulsion I have as well 😂. Nice to see I’m not the only one lol.

[@sahamal_savu]

When I play my Strat it's almost like a nervous tic 😆

[@sawomirwojciechowski7926]

MASTER🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bigbrotherwatchesdannyboy306]

This is amazing🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@patsplat]

Wow. The clarity of guitar tone sounds better here then on the album.

[@jimpayne9545]

That is a gorgeous guitar, and the things you do on are just phenomenal! This is one of the best songs of the year so far. 💯🔥

[@PERFECT.DEVIL666]

Parabéns pelo grande trabalho @Humanity' Last Breath! Minha banda preferida! 🤘🏻🙏🏻👿👿👿⛓️

[@AlexeyArkhipenko]

crazy ! love how it sounds

[@DRAUKA]

lovely 🥀 thx

[@鹌鹑鹌鹑]

I found out that the best way for a guitar player to watch buster videos is to turn the phone or monitor over😂😂😂😂

[@norwardradtke1361]

Tusen takk fra norge 🇳🇴😘

[@RoseLithgow]

WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@Northern8891]

This guy is a fucking genius, it is on another level.

[@neppnepp]

BUSTER IS A CERTIFIED GAMER GUYS LET'S GOOO

[@filetmignon4446]

Love seeing and hearing this without any editing or magic.. TY! Also being a swedish left axe holder, you must know Dan Swanö !? he;s another favorite! cheers from Canada.

[@hfhfhffjf]

Absolutely nailed it

[@db1machine]

God dayum… sounds like it came from another world.

[@NeuroApathy]

Awesomeness

[@keyowah1]

god of muzak

[@oldnsleepysmitty5503]

This is pure sound design using a canoe paddle with twangys attached....outstanding my son!

[@binzianer]

So good!

[@ZRisyad]

That's absolutely beast!

[@SliceStrings]

Buster the new god of riff 😈🤟🏻🔥

[@zachs9854]

the guys are hearing life on a whole different hertz. so good

[@brownmoney27]

Never seen anyone leftie a right handed guitar without changing the strings around before this

[@raghubharadwaj353]

I've always wondered if it's harder for Calle to play some of the riffs that you've written upside down

[@declan0001]

he's said he does find it harder and he's had to learn some parts differently for the live shows

[@Gomcio]

Parts like in 3:00 are easier to Play upidedown since its easier to mute lower strings. Also chords sounds a bit different if you play them backwards from higher to lower strings but in the same time some chords will require alot of gymnastics. There is some pross and cons.

[@Spaghetti-is-gross]

​@GOMEZ I always think about how unique his tone is. There's not really a pedal than can replicate upside down strings.

[@toyotaecw]

He must up pick like James Hetfield down picks.😂

[@raghubharadwaj353]

@@toyotaecw exactly what I was thinking bro lmfao

[@BiRDiEHere]

To save people from confusion, the tuning is E B E A G# A, which is then pitch shifted down -6 semitones to A# F A# D# D D#. Basically, Double Drop A#. I hope this helps. Also, some pitch shifting up for those crazy high dissonant notes.

[@karamrayes8038]

Incredible 🤘🏼

[@Philip_LeMarchand]

Being a lefty myself this is how I learned to play guitar. I would always pick up my friends right handed guitars, but reverse the chord placement. Then was bought my own left handed guitar, and took lessons from Ron Jarzrombek for 3 years